{
  "id": 3285040,
  "title": "A tiny drop of water is all that's needed to find threatened frogs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/a-tiny-drop-of-water-is-all-thats-needed-to-find-threatened-frogs",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-25T14:40:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-tiny-threatened-frogs.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "New James Cook University research has used highly sensitive environmental DNA (e-DNA) techniques to find two species of threatened frogs in places they've never been seen before—and find another still struggling to recover from past disease outbreaks. The research is published in the journal Conservation Science and Practice.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}